PECARN UPDATES
Studies Currently Enrolling
Application of Transcriptional Signatures for
Diagnosis of Febrile Infants within the PECARN Network
Intravenous Magnesium for Sickle Cell Vasoocclusive Crisis (MAGIC)
Fluid Therapy and Cerebral Injury in Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Implementation of the PECARN Traumatic Brain Injury Prediction Rules for Children Using Computerized Clinical Decision Support: An Interrupted Time Series Trial
PECARN Training Module and Tools
Training module for investigators
Recent Publications
Between July-September 2011, the two following PECARN manuscripts were among the top 25 downloads of thousands of Annals articles downloaded from the ScienceDirect website:
Factors Associated With Cervical Spine Injury in Children After Blunt Trauma. Annals of Emergency Medicine 2010.
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Do children with blunt head trauma and normal cranial CT scans require hospitalization for neurological observation? Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2011.
Other Recent Publications: Prevalence of clinically-important traumatic brain injuries in children with minor blunt head trauma and isolated severe injury mechanisms. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2011
The effect of observation on head computed tomography (CT) utilization for children after blunt head trauma. Pediatrics 2011.
Interobserver agreement in the assessment of clinical findings in children with first unprovoked seizures. Pediatrics 2011
PECARN, the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network, is the first federally-funded pediatric emergency medicine research network in the United States. PECARN conducts high-priority, multi-institutional research on the prevention and management of acute illnesses and injuries in children and youth of all ages.
PECARN is supported by cooperative agreements between six academic medical centers and the Health Resources Services Administration / Maternal and Child Health Bureau / Emergency Medical Services for Children Program (HRSA / MCHB / EMSC).